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quake2 -- multiple critical vulnerabilities

Affected packages
0	<=	quake2forge
		quake2lnx	<	0.16.2

Details

VuXML ID	2c25e762-6bb9-11d9-93db-000a95bc6fae
Discovery	2004-10-27
Entry	2005-01-21
Modified	2005-03-15

An advisory published by Richard Stanway describes numerous critical vulnerabilities in the Quake II engine:

Due to unchecked input at various stages in the server, remote users are able to cause the server to crash, reveal sensitive information or potentially execute arbitrary code.

[source]

References

Message	NGEHLEPKOGIHAIJAMDPKOEHJCGAA.bugtraq@secur1ty.net
URL	http://secur1ty.net/advisories/001